Position Statements

Below we set out our position on current topics in the field of Knee surgery.

BKS Response to the NHS Evidence-Based Interventions Programme Consultation, December 2018

The BKS is deeply alarmed by the proliferation of guidelines that are being created by non-specialists, which have the propensity to be used as tools to ration patients' access of care to the appropriate treatments that they need.

The BKS Position Statement on The Role of Knee Arthroscopy, October 2018

Knee arthroscopy does work, when it is done at the right time, for the right reasons, in the right patient, with the right techniques and procedures by a good surgeon with the right training and the correct experience.